Following unprecedented levels of load shedding in 2022, Eskom foresees a "very challenging" period ahead for the power system in the first few months of the new year as major generation units are expected to be offline. With three power generation units offline at Kusile power station, one at Medupi and one at Koeberg, over 3 500MW will be unavailable for power generation when power demand picks up in mid-January and poses a "significant risk" to power generation capacity, said Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer. "It is going to be difficult. "It's going to be a difficult period. Really, we see a challenging period ahead of us."

Source: News 24 December 24, 2022 12:52 UTC